CURRENT carcinoGeneticist [CCG] RIGHT NOW opened memo on board TEAM ADORABLOODTHIRSTY.

CCG: THIS IS AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY TO START A NEW MEMO.CCG: IN FACT IT'S A BETTER TIME THAN ANY BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF CHAT CLIENT PREDESTINATION I DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE DO I.CCG: FUCK.CCG: IT DOESN'T MATTER, IT'S STILL A GOOD TIME TO DO IT.CCG: PEOPLE, WE NEED TO GET ORGANIZED HERE.CCG: SHIT IS GETTING SERIOUS.CCG: WE ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON OPERATION REGISURP, A CUNNING PLAN DEVISED BY DOUBLE ARCHAGENT JACK NOIR TO EXILE THE BLACK QUEEN.CCG: WE WILL NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR THIS, EVEN THE IDIOTS.CCG: AND ONCE AGAIN, A REMINDERCCG: DO NOT TROLL ME IN THESE MEMOS FROM ANY POINT IN TIME OR IT'S AN INSTA-BAN.CCG: ALSO A NOTE TO MY FUTURE SELFCCG: IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SAY SOMETHING SMUG, DO ME A FAVOR AND SHOVE A THROB STALK IN IT.CCG: JUST SIT THERE PATIENTLY AND WAIT FOR ME TO BECOME YOU IN THE DUE COURSE OF TIME, THUS IMPROVING YOUR INTELLECT DRASTICALLY.CCG: OR, INTELLECTS PLURAL.CCG: I FORGOT, THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU FUCKERS OUT THERE.CCG: ALL OF YOU, JUST ZIP YOUR CHUTES. I MEAN SERIOUSLY, LIKE THERE'S NOTHING BETTER TO DO IN THE FUTURE???CCG: IT'S THE FUTURE FOR GOD'S SAKE, A REALM OF ENDLESS FUCKING POSSIBILITIES.CCG: NOWCCG: BEFORE WE GET STARTED, LET'S TAKE A TOLL OF THE SITUATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.CCG: *MY* POINT IN TIME.CCG: WHO'S IN SO FAR, WHO'S NOT, ETCETERA.FUTURE caligulasAquarium [FCA] 3:11 HOURS FROM NOW responded to memo.
FCA: hey sorry for bustin in on the memo but i cant get ahold of you youre not answwerinCCG: OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE.FCA: gams advvice is fuckin useless all he told me wwas to enjoy a bevverageCCG: NO, DUDE, DON'T DRINK THAT SHIT. IF IT WERE UP TO HIM WE WOULD ALL DRINK FAYGO AT ONCE IN SOME RITUALISTIC RAP CLOWN SUICIDE PACT.CCG: BUT INSTEAD OF COMMITTING SUICIDE THE THING THAT WE ALL ACCOMPLISH IS BECOMING INSTANTANEOUS ASSHOLES WITH AWFUL TASTE.FCA: i meanFCA: its not evven that badFCA: its just soda but wwhatevver this isnt the pointCCG: THIS ISN'T THE VENUE FOR AIRING YOUR FUTURE PROBLEMS, COUNT SEA DIPSHIT.FCA: i knoww i knowwFCA: its justFCA: i got a problemFCA: wwith feferiFCA: and im really kinda sittin here in bad shape about it emotionally speakinCCG: OK, WELLCCG: I GET THAT, I HEAR YOU BROCCG: BUT THIS IS STILL NOT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS SO I'VE GOT TO BAN YOU.CCG banned FCA from responding to memo.
CCG: BUT SERIOUSLY JUST GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IN PRIVATE ABOUT IT, OK MAN?CCG: WE'LL GET YOUR SHIT STRAIGHTENED OUT.CCG: OK.CCG: IS EVERYBODY GOOD?CCG: JUST GONNA SIT HERE FOR A MINUTE, LOCAL TIME, AND SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY SHIT THEY WANT TO SCRAPE OFF THEIR BULGE ON TO MY CLEAN NUTRITION PLATEAU.CCG: NOBODY?CCG: GREAT, WONDERFUL.CCG: I NOW OFFICIALLY DECLARE THE NONSENSE PORTION OF THIS MEMO TO BE OVER.CCG: THIS DECREE SHALL BE BINDING AND LASTING.CCG: BACK TO PLANNING REGISURP.CCG: BEAR DOWN EVERYBODY, THIS IS FUCKING IMPORTANT, THERE IS A QUEEN ON THE LOOSE AND WE'VE GOT TO SHOW A BITCH THE DOOR.FUTURE arachnidsGrip [FAG] 609 HOURS FROM NOW responded to memo.
FAG: ::::DCCG: UN BE FUCKING LIEVABLE.FAG: Kaaaaaaaarkat!FAG: I'm sorry!FAG: 8ut do you have any idea how funny this thing is? I mean this whole thing???????? I can't stop laughing!CCG: HEY CAN FUTURE YOU MIND-PREVENT ME FROM HITTING THE BAN BUTTON?CCG: I'M GENUINELY CURIOUS! GO AHEAD, TRY TO STOP ME I DARE YOU.FAG: I'm not going to try, I'm just here to say this whole thing is ridiculous.FAG: We didn't really need you to pretend to 8e a little angry general to get any of this done.FAG: We kicked the queen out of there no sweat! It was easy. In fact, I did most of the work myself, right 8efore I found all the treasure and scaled all the rungs.CCG: OH, ALL OF THEM YOU SAY?CCG: FASCINATING.CCG: HEY FORGET THE BAN BUTTON, USE YOUR MIND POWERS TO HELP ME LOCATE THE DESPERATELY ATTEMPT TO GIVE A SHIT BUTTON. WHOOPS WE BOTH FAILED, IT DOESN'T EXIST.FAG: Hey, I'm gone. I just think you should relax.FAG: You were wound up so tight through the whole adventure, and now here in the present you're a8out to explode. It's insuffera8le!CCG: EVERYBODY, DID YOU HEAR THAT?? SUPERFUTURE VRISKA HAS AN IMPORTANT LIFE LESSON FOR US ALL.CCG: WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUR PRESENT RESPONSIBILIES AND OBLIGATIONS!CCG: BECAUSE AS IT TURNS OUT, IN THE FUTURE ALL THAT STUFF ALREADY HAPPENED. WE'RE OFF THE FUCKING HOOK!CCG: TIME TO RELAX. LET'S ALL CRAWL INTO OUR COCOONS AND GET BUSY STIMULATING OUR AUTOEROGENOUS SHAME GLOBES.CCG: FIRST ONE TO START A WANK FIRE GETS A SHINY BOONDOLLAR.CCG: THIS IS AN ORDER FROM YOUR LEADER.FAG: Hahahahahahahaha.CCG banned FAG from responding to memo.
CCG: LATER, FAG.CCG: TOO BAD THE ACRONYM WASN'T "HAG" INSTEAD, IT WOULD HAVE SUITED YOU MUCH BETTER.CCG: INSTEAD OF THAT NONSENSE WORDCCG: MAYBE ITS ASSOCIATION WITH YOU WILL COLLOQUIALLY CAUSE IT TO TAKE ON A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION, WHAT DO YOU THINK?CCG: MAYBE FAG WILL BE "THE NEW BURN!" EVEN THOUGH IT REALLY MEANS NOTHING IN OUR LANGUAGE.CCG: I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS STUPID, FORGET ITCCG: OK I'M RAMBLING HERE, I'M AWARE OF THAT.CCG: FUTURE ME, DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE WEIGH IN ON THIS, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.CCG: IF I WERE FUTURE ME, WHICH I GUESS I AM, I WOULD READ THIS AND BE ALL OVER IT, LIKE DAMMIT KARKAT WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING.CCG: GET TO THE POINT.FUTURE carcinoGeneticist [FCG] 0:20 HOURS FROM NOW responded to memo.
FCG: YEAH PRETTY MUCH.CCG banned FCG from responding to memo.
CCG: SO I'M SAYING IT TO MYSELF ALREADY HERE AND NOW, SO I WON'T HAVE TO LATER, GOT IT YOU TRENCHANT BACKBITING PRICKS?????CCG: DAMN, I'M LOSING MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.CCG: MAYBE I'LL PICK IT UP AGAIN IN A FRESH MEMO LATER.CCG: I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S RIGHT THOUGH, BECAUSE I VAGUELY REMEMBER THIS ONE BEING LONGER THAN THIS.PAST adiosToreador [PAT] 0:38 HOURS AGO responded to memo.
PAT: hEYY,CCG: OH SON OF A BITCH.PAT: i THOUGHT,PAT: sINCE IT LOOKS LIKE, yOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE OUT OF IMPORTANT MEMO STUFF TO SAY,PAT: uHH,PAT: mAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME, hERE,PAT: sINCE i DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE NOW, bUT MAYBE HELP ME,PAT: aBOUT A THING THAT HAS TO DO WITH A GIRL,PAT: lIKE,PAT: a ROMANCE THING, yOU MIGHT KNOW ABOUT,CCG: YOU PEOPLE ARE IMBECILES.CCG: ALL OF YOU.CCG: I AM NOT POSTING THESE MEMOS TO COUNSEL YOU ON YOUR PAST AND FUTURE DATING PROBLEMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CCG: WHY ARE YOU ALL SUCH BASKET CASES. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY ANYMORE.PAT: sORRY,CCG: SHOULD I BAN YOU? WHAT'S EVEN THE POINT ANYMORE! ONE OF YOU STOOGES WILL BE RIGHT ON THE LAST ONES HEELS WITH ANOTHER SOB STORY.CCG: JUSTCCG: HURRY UP AND TELL ME WHAT YOUR PROBLEM IS BRO.PAT: oKAY,PAT: i'M SORT OF, lYING ON vRISKA'S FLOOR RIGHT NOW,PAT: lIKE, iN HER BLOCK,PAT: lYING DOWN,PAT: uHH, yOU KNOW, bECAUSE i CAN'T WALK,CCG: OH NO SHIT REALLY???CCG: YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS, WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN.PAT: uH, yEAH, aNYWAY,PAT: sHE TRIED TO KISS ME,PAT: wELL, sHE DIDN'T TRY, sHE ACTUALLY DID,PAT: aND THEN, kIND OF DROPPED ME,PAT: aND ALSO WE ARE WEARING COSTUMES,PAT: wOW, i'M NOT EXPLAINING THIS WELL,CCG: THIS IS SO FUCKED UP, WHAT HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOURSELF INTO.PAT: aND NOW, tO MAKE IT,PAT: uHHHHH,PAT: a LOT WEIRDER,PAT: tHERE IS AN ANGRY VOICE IN MY HEAD,PAT: i DONT THINK IT'S rUFIO THIS TIME,PAT: rUFIO'S NOT THAT ANGRY,PAT: hE'S ALSO IMAGINARY,PAT: lIKE, a FAKE MADE UP FRIEND,PAT: yOU KNOW, lIKE,PAT: tHE WAY FAIRIES ARE, }:(CCG: GOD, ACTUALLY I REMEMBER READING THIS BULLSHIT.CCG: OR SKIMMING IT AT LEAST.CCG: HOW COULD I FORGET???CCG: MORE LOONEYBLOCK THEATER, AND HERE I AM DRAWING THE CURTAINS FOR YOU GUYS LIKE A DOPE.PAT: aNYWAY, i THINK VRISKA IS UPSET ABOUT IT, aND SHE'S NOT TALKING OR ANYTHING,PAT: wHAT DO i DO,CCG: OK WELL, I CAN ADVISE YOU AND STUFFCCG: BUT YOU DO REALIZE THIS IS A PUBLIC BULLETIN.CCG: WE SHOULD BE HAVING THIS CHAT IN PRIVATE.CCG: EVERYONE CAN READ THIS, EVEN HER.CCG: I MEAN FUCK, SHE WAS *JUST HERE* TALKING YOU DUMMY!PAT: i KNOW, i READ THAT,PAT: bUT,PAT: tHAT'S FUTURE HER, wHICH,PAT: dOESN'T SEEM SO BAD,PAT: mAYBE FUTURE HER CAN READ THIS, aND,PAT: i GUESS,PAT: kNOW i'M SORRY ABOUT IT,PAT: i DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT HER FEELINGS,CCG: WELL, FINE, IF YOU WANT TO BROADCAST A TRANSTIMELINE APOLOGY THEN FINE.CCG: BUT YOU SHOULD REALIZE THE FUTURE IS KIND OF A WIDE OPEN THING, I MEAN SHE COULD READ THIS LIKE TWO MINUTES IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AS 600 HOURS.CCG: AT THAT POINT YOU WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE TALKING TO PRESENT HER, COMPLETELY DEFEATING THE PURPOSE OF YOUR SPINELESS MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE APOLOGY.PAT: oH,PAT: yEAH,PAT: i DIDN'T, rEALLY THINK OF THAT,PAST arachnidsGrip [PAG] 0:08 HOURS AGO responded to memo.
PAG: Hi.CCG: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.PAG: Karkat, shut up! This does not concern you.CCG: OK WHATEVER. MY MEMO, BUT WHATEVER.PAT: uH, wOW,PAT: hI,PAG: Tavros, it's ok. Really.PAG: So you don't feel that way a8out me! That's fine. I shouldn't have expected any different.PAG: I can deal with it! I am not a wimp like you. I roll with 8ad 8r8ks all the time. No 8iggie.PAG: In fact, I already have dealt with it. I was over here dealing with it while you were over there on the floor fooling around with your computer after a cute girl tried to kiss you for some reason.PAG: As it turned out, fooling around with your computer to........PAG: Go cry on future Karkat's shoulder a8out this????????PAT: uM,PAT: yEAH,PAG: Hahahaha. You are a str8nge and funny 8oy, Tavros.CCG: OH GODCCG: THIS ISCCG: COMPLETELY HILARIOUS.CCG: NOW I SEE WHY EVERYONE HAS BEEN RIPPING ON MY MEMOS.PAG: Karkat I said shut the fuck up!!!!!!!!PAG: Anyway, though totally unnecessary, your apology is accepted.PAT: oKAY,PAG: Now pick yourself up off the floor so we can go wring some fucking treasure out of this misera8le magic rock!PAT: yEAH, i'LL TRY,PAG: Actually, never mind, I'll 8e over there to help you with that too, kind of like I do with everything.PAG: Just lie still and try not to start crying or anything, and w8 a few minutes for your timeframe to catch up with mine.PAT: uH,PAT: wHAT,PAG: Exactly! I aaaaaaaam smarter than you. You see? You're learning!CCG: FUCK, ENOUGH ALREADY.CCG: THERE, GREAT, ANOTHER HAPPY COUPLECCG: IN WHATEVER HIDEOUS QUADRANT THIS BATSHIT PAIRING WILL SUSTAIN.CCG: NOW OFF YOU GO.CCG banned PAT from responding to memo.
CCG banned PAG from responding to memo.
CCG: HOLY HELL.CCG: THIS IS EXHAUSTING.CCG: I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT ANYMORE.CCG: OK, MAYBE I'LL TAKE A MINUTE TO COLLECT MY THOUGHTS AND GET BACK ON TOPIC HERE.FUTURE carcinoGeneticist [FCG] 609 HOURS FROM NOW responded to memo.
FCG: NO YOU WON'T.FCG: THIS ONE WAS PARTICULARLY NAUSEATING IN RETROSPECT, I'M SHUTTING THIS DOWN.FCG banned CCG from responding to memo.

So what do we call this pause? I've been batting ideas around all day. We could go with the obvious choice, the MINIGIGAPAUSE. Or maybe, MEGAPAUSE 2: BACK IN THE MEGASADDLE. Or if that makes too much sense, we could always settle on the MICROTERAPAUSE. As you can see, there are so many incredibly intelligent and meaningful things we could call this pause. Deciding how to refer to the pause is an exercise that I will leave to the reader. Feel free to discuss the matter with friends. Or strangers. Anyone who will listen really. If they start to run away, I strongly recommend you chase them.

Why don't we say that A665 begins on 4/13. That's a fun number that we all can get excited about. I have a lot of catch-up work to do between now and then. Not the least of which is drawing the actual content to be posted. But also a lot of gamedev work. Game production is rolling pretty hot right now. Stuff is being churned out almost faster than I can keep track of. Did I mention? I accidentally started running a game studio a little while ago. Whoops, sorry about that. There are all these people being paid to make things happen, and I have to be like "Yeah, keep doing that stuff, everybody." It's getting pretty easy to lose track of how many people work for What Pumpkin. My last estimate was somewhere between 30 and 1000. The true figure is a very frisky moving target.

A6A6A5, a.k.a. Caliborn's Masterpiece, is actually done. It's probably better to hold off posting it until 4/13, when more content will soon follow aftewards. I am sure pausing on that note for months would mess with your head a lot more than the note we're already pausing on. I sometimes feel I have at least a modest responsibility to manage your sanity. It'll be tough sitting on this content though. Tougher than sitting on all of A664 for the better part of a year. I don't think it is out of line to describe it as the best material this website will ever exhibit. It will be all down hill from there, in every direction. Even up.

Speaking of sanity management, way back when, I was pretty on the fence about posting A664 spaced out over months like I did, vs. all at once. Doing the latter in hindsight probably would have been a fucked up thing to do to the internet though. The GAME OVER fallout alone was a bit much as it was. Including it in tandem with the rest of it? Not sure what to make of that. Let's review the CONTENT CRUSH that would have entailed. Bad Anime -> Game Over -> Sadstuck -> Lowas Quest -> 100 retconned panels of oil -> A bunch of other shit -> Punky Serket -> Fantroll Storytime -> 8 password pages -> The Kiss On Horse Mountain -> and finally -> The Punchline. You know, that's an awful lot of baloney to publish. I think the fell-swoop reaction to all that would have been quite a thing to behold, but also, perhaps an irresponsible thing to do to a hapless fanbase after a year in hibernation. I'm told that in 2015, young people are heavily susceptible to "the feels", and trifling with those forces could be injurious to their future development. Wait, did that just sound like something your grandpa would say? Mother fuck, where did I put my cane. Oh right, I snapped it in half from shaking it at the sky.

I may have been in the process of making a point there, but we're going to have to pick this up another time. The comic isn't going to pause itself!!!

Over the last couple months, I have been surreptitiously collapsing several update horses into single, bigger horses. This means A6A6I4 is going to end a little sooner than previously advertised. Same total page count, but finishing sooner. Please consult the important horse calendar below.

So what happens when A6A6I4 is done? I'm not quite sure yet. I'm still working on everything that comes after that. I've written it mostly, but haven't drawn anything yet. There will almost certainly be another pause, but I'm not sure how long it will be yet. I will let you know after 1/19.